Kingdom Animalia Family Scolopacidae Genus Polynesian sandpiper Order Shorebirds | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
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Similar Polynesian sandpiper, Tuamotu sandpiper, Moorea sandpiper, Tahiti sandpiper, North Island snipe | ||
The Kiritimati sandpiper (Prosobonia cancellata) was a small shorebird. It became extinct some time in the first half of the 19th century. It was endemic to Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island in Kiribati.
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Kiritimati sandpiper Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA